There seems to be a potential compatibility issue with the chipset but It looks fine to me. This is the max I can spend. Nothing has been purchased yet. Some things Im worried about is if the cooler and card will fit. He's good on operating system and storage. Im skeptical about the compatibility between the nvidia card and the amd cpu, I assumed they don't work well together but multiple people recommended amd. my cousin plays the latest games and this system needs to last him 5-7 years so he needs some good stuff right now to keep up later down the road. any tips on how to keep the same performance while being cheaper? I havent purchased anything

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Overall its a solid build. The only thing i'd really change is the power supply, i didn't even know bitfenix made them, its not even modular. I'd go with this one from evga its a few $ cheaper and its semi modular.

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I'm sorry but i have to disagree, the included wraith stealth cooler is junk, it runs hot and gets loud when you push it. The upgraded cooler will be quieter and allow the cpu to boost higher.

hm, my GF has one and its runs fairly nice under load. GPU is "louder". Boost won't do much perf improvement.

My recommendation is always to try with stealth (and other TIM!, that also helps it) and if its to low for OP he can sell it and get a aftermarket cooler. Considering the Freezer I won't recommend it, but the BeQuiet shadow rock 2 -> cooler+ quieter at same price

Of course the kit above isn't the same base speed but that shows you the overclocking potential of E die. I have seen people on other forums getting great results with this ram with a Ryzen 3xxx cpu.

but I guess only with much luck at the silicon lottery. Well my point is just that the price difference between 3000 and 3600 is worth the perf increase w/o OC. Beyond that OC does not help because of infinity fabric. But running on a save XMP (whatever it is called on AMD) and then OCing the CPU is better and wort 10/20 bucks

k, heres the changed build based off what people here have said. I think im gonna keep the memory as saving money, even 20 or so dollars is worth more than a tiny boost to ram speed. ill oc when i can. the cooler looks nice so ill keep it. ill oc the cpu for him. i changed the psu, mobo and graphics card. im skeptical on the graphics card change. is the 2060S as good as what i had before?

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but I guess only with much luck at the silicon lottery. Well my point is just that the price difference between 3000 and 3600 is worth the perf increase w/o OC. Beyond that OC does not help because of infinity fabric. But running on a save XMP (whatever it is called on AMD) and then OCing the CPU is better and wort 10/20 bucks

You would have to be extremely unlucky not to get 3600 out of a 3000 kit. Also the cheapest 3600 kit is $77.99 and is CL19. In any case you are not going to see much of a difference between 3000 and 3600 in general usage.

k, heres the changed build based off what people here have said. I think im gonna keep the memory as saving money, even 20 or so dollars is worth more than a tiny boost to ram speed. ill oc when i can. the cooler looks nice so ill keep it. ill oc the cpu for him. i changed the psu, mobo and graphics card. im skeptical on the graphics card change. is the 2060S as good as what i had before?

The Corsair TXM is a better psu. That EVGA one is pretty crap.

The 2060S is pretty much the same performance as a 2070 for less money.

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ok. does everything else look good in your eyes? im ordering the parts for him on friday.

Yes but I prefer the Meshify for the better airflow. Also see if you can get an ETA on the MAX version of the Tomahawk board from your retailer. They are supposedly due out any time soon. They come with an up to date bios so no need to so bios flashback.